Grief and Bereavement
Discussion List
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thoughts on early grief "fog"?
I'm new to this site and to my loss; my husband of 30+ years died on Sept 7 after being diagnosed with stage 4 larynx cancer on Aug 1. He'd been progressively hoarse and short of breath for a few months...we were unprepared for his advanced diagnosis and rapid 5 week decline. We decided to forego disfiguring surgery and…
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I'm 26 and just lost my mother
My mother passed away a week ago after a 3-year battle with ovarian cancer. She finished out her last days at home, and for her last two days, I was her primary caregiver, doing things I never imaged I would be doing for my mother. I don't think that the reality has set in with me that she's really gone...and I don't know…
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Why didn't I
My husband had battled cancer for 8 years. We had our ups and downs and at times I didn't think our marriage would survive. But it did. On December 12 2013 the doctors said thats it no more treatment. Docs said he had 6 months, 17 days later my husband died. 6 days before he died he was driving going to his favorite…